加州大学圣地亚哥分校的文学系结构复杂且与众不同，与传统的英语系或比较文学系不同，我们研究并训练学生在一个程序中研究多种语言的世界文学和文化。该系成立于1963年，代表了一群致力于研究和辩论跨国和跨学科问题的学者，评论家和作家的开创性尝试。相信当代学者“â€和未来â€â€的奖学金不再可以保留在传统的学科或国家范围内的信念，使在不同语言和文化领域工作的教师和学生聚集在一起。现在，五十年后的今天，我们看到的情况比以往任何时候都要多。<br> <br>这种集中调查了墨西哥种族和美国其他西班牙语社区的文化生产。
The Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego has a complex and unusual structure in that unlike more traditional departments of English or Comparative Literature, we study and in turn train students to examine world literatures and cultures in multiple languages within a single program. This concentration investigates the cultural production of ethnic Mexican and other Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. Spanning the period from the U.S. occupation of northern Mexico in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, courses cover a wide range of objects such as literary writing, testimonials, biographies, visual arts, music, film, and performance art. While each faculty member has individualized approaches and interests, the group shares a commitment to historical studies and textual analysis as well as to bilingualism and community involvement. Within this general framework, issues of class, gender, sexuality, immigration, race, social movements, and religion complement the investigation of specific social and economic contexts. Students are encouraged to historicize the present as well as the past in order to understand contemporary objective conditions for Spanish-speaking and indigenous communities in the United States. Comparative studies of multiple U.S. ethnic groups as well as research on transnational connections to Latin America are encouraged. Faculty members collaborate closely with UCSD's Chicano/a& Latino/a Arts and Humanities Program, the California Cultures in Comparative Perspective Program, and the Department of Ethnic Studies.